Preparing for winter II

tugrin

Well done everyone - my we are all beavering away today!!!! I came back up from the garden having taken wet dog number 2 to dry in sun t find the pixies had been and left me a little shovel -[oh people you have to get one i you havent got one for the car already - IT IS FABULOUS. Its NOT a sandcastle spad as I so rudely intimated (Very sorry face) it is robust and strong and makes me want to sing hi - ho hi- ho and start tunnelling immediately. GET ONE
Silverline mini round-nose shovel for less than £4 delivered!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIRZAH

tugrin wrote: »

Oh if only someone would invent a robot to wash dogs Id be first in the queue!!!! Its not something I enjoy anymore than the dogs - we all end up sopping wet an shivering , but no I will resist the temtation to put them in with my smalls (even tho they are small ---- oh the humour is deteriorating - better go)

When we were driving through the Peak District we used to see a couple of vans marked "mobile dog wash".

I alwaays had a vision of the dogs going through the van like cars through a car wash.

Dustykitten

Very excited joiner has just been around to measure for all the windows he is replacing and should be fitting them in 3-4 weeks time!

What with the loft insulation too all this should be done before I usually start using the heating so I'm hoping we shall be warmer this winter and using less gas.

Whether we will ever get back the outlay for the windows/insulation in reduced bills I doubt but I feel happier spending the money on the local joiner and british made insulation than I do the greedy energy companies.

Athome1

mummytoo wrote: »

Think Im pretty much in the minority here but Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!! dont all shout at me at once.... but i love the thought of the clocks going back !! Halloween is my favourite time of year.. Halloween, Bonfire Nite then Christmas, Love the nights where the curtains are closed and watch the Tv together, Sorry guys roll on the clocks going back. xxx:j:j:j

Me too! :T:j

ifonlyitwaseasier

~ALERT ALERT ~

lidl have the Cushelle on offer again !!!



:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

*has image of us all struggling back with 4 big packs*

darkrev

48p reduced fire lighters in Morrisons for you lucky real fire people ! in BBQ section. thanks to creeper on Grabbit for this.

Hope it helps somemone x

rising_from_the_ashes

Really annoyed at myself:( - was looking through some pics and spied a huge fleecy throw that I used to have over my old sofa (got it cheap and it was an "odd" colour so put it away somewhere safe).

Thought I'd dig it out and give it a wash and it'd do as a spare for the winter ..... and I can't find it anywhere:mad:

Thanks to my hoarding ways, I will still have it (as I rarely throw anything away, and certainly not something like that) but I honestly have tried everywhere I can think of.

The only place left is the loft as still stuff in bags up there since I moved in - but I can't get up there! Grrrrrrrr

annie123

suki1964 wrote: »

Winter marches onwards and the gales we had yesterday have moved on and we are back to grey and damp

Come on down south, its 84f or 29c in new money and the same for the next few days.
My ladybirds are coming home again for he winter, kitchen is covered in them, so now I know this is the last bit of warmth for the year.

ifonlyitwaseasier wrote: »

~ALERT ALERT ~

lidl have the Cushelle on offer again !!!



:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

*has image of us all struggling back with 4 big packs*

Oh dear, I'm going to have to get some more now and find somewhere where hubby won't see them before he says I'm as nutty as my mum is again! sorry mum:) Think there's some space left behind the sofa, only 1 pack from last time left now.Thanks IOIWE


I've run out of things to wash and dry now, so have now got some stuff from my son and his GF, he couldn't believe it when I asked if I could do any washing for them. He's given me 3 sets of bed linen to do, then can I start on the wall throws. Can't waste all this nice hot sunny drying weather.

Gettingtherequickly

Someone said to me yesterday that a couple of conkers in a room will keep the multilegged creatures away. Has anyone tried this before I wander up the road to pick some?

Gigervamp

Gettingtherequickly wrote: »

Someone said to me yesterday that a couple of conkers in a room will keep the multilegged creatures away. Has anyone tried this before I wander up the road to pick some?

We've got a massive conker tree and we tried it last year with loads of conkers dotted around the house. Didn't work though.